California Software Named as Finalist in 2001 Midrange SHOWCASE Product Excellence Award.

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2001

California Software Corp. (OTC BB:CAWC), a leader in IBM Midrange migration products and developer of the award-winning BABY, Unibol and MLPS product lines, announced it has been named as a finalist in the 2001 Midrange SHOWCASE Product Excellence Awards.

California Software's Graphical User Interface Product has been voted one of the top three products in its category. The Product Excellence Awards recognize products that demonstrate quality features, innovative design and exceptional value. All products that are nominated and receive PEA recognition are designed for use with the IBM iSeries (formerly AS/400) brand computers.

Selection of the top products was accomplished with an online voting process. "We believe the opinions and judgements of the iSeries and AS/400 users are the best test of how a product performs," said David Uptmor, publisher of Midrange Technology SHOWCASE. "When a company wins a Product Excellence Award, it shows that a very critical audience has responded in a positive fashion to a product that is needed and a service which that company delivers. A Product Excellence Award says the company has made a lot of customers happy."

This year the PEA presentations were made in conjunction with a reception at the World Trade Center's Top of the Mart in New Orleans. More than 250 vendor representatives were in attendance. Winners were selected in 45 categories that included hardware and software solutions for the well-known IBM midrange computer that has enjoyed a noteworthy reputation in the small-to-medium-sized business market for many years. The annual awards have been recognizing information technology products in this niche since 1997.

In accepting the award, Carol Conway, president, California Software, said: "We have sought to develop and market the easiest-to-use, fastest-to-deploy GUI products for the AS/400 and iSeries markets. I believe this award is validation that we have begun to accomplish our goals. The fact that we are the global market leader in midrange migration software through our BABY and Unibol product lines and continue to expand our installed base of Loan Processing software for the Financial Services Industry vis a vis our MLPS branded applications software suggests we are on the right track in meeting customer objectives and expectations."

About California Software Corp.

With headquarters in Irvine, with offices in Richmond, Va., Belfast, Ireland and Brussels, Belgium, California Software is the worldwide leader in IBM Midrange migration software solutions and a leader in Financial Services Software. The company's products, marketed under the brand name BABY, Unibol and MLPS, support the migration of IBM AS/400 screens and applications to Windows, Unix, Linux and the Web and loan processing applications for financial institutions. California Software enjoys more than 100,000 installations in 56 countries and is in use by such customers as IBM, Unisys, Caterpillar, Volvo, DHL Worldwide and BMW Motors.

About Midrange Technology SHOWCASE magazine

Based in Carlsbad, Calif., the magazine is the leading product magazine in the IBM iSeries (AS/400) marketplace, with an audited circulation of more than 45,000 subscribers. A special editorial section featuring the winners of the product Excellence Awards will appear in the August 2001 issue.

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